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PUBLISHED BY 
ALBE RT "WHITMAN COMPANY 
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ROSY-FACE TWINS 

Copyright, 1924, by Albert Whitman & Co. 
Chicago, U. S. A. 


CHOICE BOOKS BY 
CAROLINE SILVER 
JUNE 


SOCIAL TWINS 

FIFTY FAIRY FLOWER 
LEGENDS 

FIFTY INDIAN LEGENDS 
ROSY-FACE TWINS 



Heedless Hattie learns the 
verses on the picture 
of the hand 


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PUBLISHED IN THE U. S. A. 


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a A Generous and Tireless Being in the | 
| Promotion of the Most Practical and Worthy | 
I Development of Child Nature. § 


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FOREWORD 

The Rosy-Face Twins from Good Health Town through 
story and verse bring the children many health sugges¬ 
tions, making it seem a pleasant game to have clean teeth, 
breathe fresh air, and eat proper food. 

The little stories are so easy and direct, that the smallest 
child can understand them. 

Safety First, Fighting Germs, Proper Exercise and 
Good Health Habits are some of the things emphasized. 

This little book is like adventure stories. Just the 
kind the children will love to read, and aid them to follow 
the principles of Good Health. 

A practical and valuable book for parents, teachers and 
story tellers. 


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Contents! 

Page 

Sweet and Clean Days. 9 

The Toothbrush Song. 23 

The Eat and Drink Times. 33 

The Exercise Party. 46 

The Tick-Tock Song. 57 

The Slogan Party.102 

The Good Health Song.109 


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The Tivins washed their face and 
neck and ears every morning 



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THE ROSY - FACE TWINS 



You surely want to be sweet and clean 


SWEET AND CLEAN DAYS 

In Spotless Town not very far away 
there lived George and Helen the Rosy- 
Face Twins who each had a pretty pair of 
magic shoes. Mother Nature when she 
gave the Twins these magic shoes said: 










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“The Rosy Face Twins from Good Health Town, 
Always like a clean suit and spotless gown, 
They always smile instead of frown, 

And always help others in Good Health Town.” 

t 

Many times the Rosy-Face Twins heard 
some children who were called in from 
play, to take their baths say, that they did 
not like to have them. 

The Twins said, 

“We think it fun to rub and scrub. 

We like to get in the big bath tub.” 

They heard Mary’s mother say, 

“The children coax to stay out and play. 

They don’t like to bathe by night or day. 

They say, ‘Oh Mother, it is so late, 

Don’t you think this once the bath can wait? 
The water’s too cold or else too hot, 

Soon we will be crying like as not, 




SWEET AND CLEAN DAYS 


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The soap is funny, it acts so queer. 

It stings our eyes and tickles our ears, 

We are sure we would be happy quite, 

Except for the bath on Bathtime night.’ ” 

Whenever the Twins wore their magic 
shoes they could see many good things to 
do. So this time they put on their magic 
shoes and went out to help the good 
mothers on Bathing night. 

They peeped into Mary’s room first and 
said, 

“We see some tears, what do you mean? 

You surely want to be sweet and CLEAN!” 

They told all the children they met on 
bathtime night that they took a bath all 
over twice a week and that they really 
loved warm water and soap-suds. They 
said too, that they washed their face, and 




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neck and ears every morning, and as for 
washing their hands they never counted 
how many times a day they did that. 

They remarked, “We should always re¬ 
member to wash our hands before eating.” 

Mary soon became good natured and 
coaxed the Twins to stay, they looked so 
nice, and though they were boy and girl, 
they always wore things to match as much 
as possible. 

George said that they could not stay 
with Mary, they must hurry on. 

Helen said, 

“To be useful we always mean. 

We must teach other children to be clean.” 

Next, they peeped into Little Ann’s 
room and found her scolding because she 




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did not like to take a bath when she was 
tired from play on bathtime night. 

Helen told her about a poor little girl 
who had no tub to bathe in, and who liked 
to bathe so well that she used a wash tub, 
and heated two buckets of water every 
Bathtime night so she could take a bath 
all over. 

Little Ann was surprised for her bath 
was always ready for her in a clean white 
tub. 

The Twins next visited Jack and Tom 
and many other children and explained to 
them the reason that they were so lively 
and rosy was because they took regular 
baths and observed all Health Rules, and 
formed Good Health Habits. They ex¬ 
plained that we breathe through the pores 




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of our skin as well as through our mouths, 
and regular bathing helps to keep the 
pores open. 

The children were glad to learn these 
things except Little Stubborn. He said he 
did not like soap and water at all. 

George then told them that even a little 
dog would have an unpleasant smell if he 
was not bathed often, and how bad it 
would be for a child to carry about an un¬ 
pleasant odor. 

Little Stubborn had never thought 
about that and he began to undress in a 
hurry to take his bath. 

Little Sunshine they found washing her 
hair and drying it. in the sunshine, they 
said it was a fine thing to keep the hair 
clean by frequent washing, and they 





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hoped every boy and girl had their own 
brush and comb. 

Little Heedless Hattie was very careless 
they saw, about her finger nails, and 
though the Twins reminded her many 
times to clean them, there were still days 
when she forgot. So at last they thought 
of a plan to help her. 

They drew a picture, as anyone could 
do, of a spread out hand, by drawing 
around their own hand. 

Each finger-nail became a fairy, 

And said in a voice so light and airy, 

“You’ll keep us clean without a doubt, 

For the Rosy Face Twins found you out! 
Here’s the best story we’ve ever seen, 

We hope it will help you to keep us clean.” 

Even after this Little Heedless Hattie 





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forgot to keep clean, shining finger nails, 
so the Rosy-Face Twins wrote on each 
finger on the drawing of the hand they 
made, and they also wrote a little verse 
on the thumb. 

On the thumb they wrote, 

The Jolly Twins say, “Do not fail, 

To clean each day your big thumb nail.” 

On the first finger they wrote, 

The Jolly Twins add to the tale, 

“Will you try to clean your first finger nail?” 

On the middle finger they wrote, 

The Jolly Twins said, “We will linger 

And clean the nail on your middle finger.” 

On the ring finger they wrote, 

The Jolly Twins said, “O’er hill and dale 

Goes your ring finger with its shining nail.” 





SWEET AND CLEAN DAYS 


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They thought that their verses had all 
given out by the time they came to the 
little finger, but at last they thought of 
these lines, 

“Rosy-Face Twins advice is not for sale, 

How’s your dear little, queer little-finger nail?” 

They hung the picture of the hand with 
the verses upon it, up on the wall and 
Little Heedless Hattie learned them all by 
heart and her friends learned them, too. 
Soon the children in that town had the 
cleanest finger nails in the world! 

The Rosy-Face Twins were so busy they 
said, 

“To be very helpful we always mean. 

And bear this motto, BE CLEAN, BE CLEAN.” 

They had so many children to talk to. 




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and so little time, that Mother Nature said 
they might wear their magic shoes often, 
so every Bathtime night for weeks and 
weeks they visited many children, and 
taught them to really want to have clean 
bodies, and clean hair, and clean finger 
nails. 

They even said as a little joke, 

“You had a pleasant rub and scrub, 

Do you ever remember to clean the tub?” 

They said that a clean bath tub looked 
so well and was always ready for some one 
else. 

The Rosy Face Twins said, “We suppose, 

You always like to wear clean clothes.” 

The children laughed at the little 





“You had a pleasant rub and scrub. 

Do you ever remember to clean the tub?'* 


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rhymes but learned a great many lessons 
of cleanliness in that way and; 

Many smiles are now in sight, 

At the bath hour on Bathtime night. 

Children everywhere loved the Rosy- 
Face Twins for they were so clean and 
healthy, and they were always so lively. 

The Twins were coaxed to visit again, 
which they promised to do, remarking, 

“We are jolly Twins, we are just thirteen, 
Remember, we want to help you be clean.” 





Sloivly eat our food 


THE TOOTHBRUSH SONG 

The Rosy-Face Twins woke up early 
next day and they said, 

66 All careless children we wish to aid, 

Should join our big Toothbrush Brigade.” 

Mother Nature said, 

“If you visit school to-day, 

Children can hear what you say.” 

She meant there were always so many 


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children in school that the Twins could 
send their message far and wide, for what 
one child knows, he tells another. 

The Rosy-Face Twins went to visit 
school and all the children clapped their 
hands as they came into the room. The 
Twins said, speaking exactly together, 

“Tell us how many times a day, 

Do you brush your teeth, tell us pray?” 

Now, in that school room some children 
brushed their teeth only once a day, and 
some children did not even brush them 
that often. These children did not have 
nice, white teeth and their breath was un¬ 
pleasant and many of them had tooth¬ 
ache. 




THE TOOTHBRUSH SONG 


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George said, in a strong voice, 

“Every morning when you rise, 

You’ll brush your teeth if you are wise.” 

Helen said, 

“It makes no difference how you feel, 

Brush your teeth after every meal.” 

She explained that germs like dark 
places, and that food lodges between the 
teeth and makes them decay. 

“Brush your teeth when you go to bed, 

Every night,” the Twins next said. 

George remarked that every child 
should have his own tooth brush, and 
keep it clean, and that he should buy 
a new one often. He said the teeth should 
be brushed carefully inside and outside, 
up and down, until they are perfectly 
clean. 




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He drew on the blackboard a Good 
Health Poster in which the tooth brush 
was three times as large as the child hold¬ 
ing it. He wrote below the tooth brush, 
“Who is more important than I?” 

The children laughed at this poster and 
a good laugh helps us to remember things. 

Helen remarked, 

“Here’s one thing you won’t care to hear 
Go to the dentist once every year.” 

She explained the fact that if the first 
teeth were well cared for, the second set 
of teeth would be better, and she said 
every child who has courage enough to go 
to a dentist, will be helped by the visit to 
him. 

The Twins said, “We will now tell tales 
about food,” and they added. 




THE TOOTHBRUSH SONG 


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“Our teeth would tell you if they could. 

That we should slowly eat our food, 

We very seldom stop and think, 

When we are taking food and drink.” 

While the Twins were talking they no¬ 
ticed a squirrel on a tree outside cracking 
a nut. They said it was perfectly proper 
for him to do this as his teeth were made 
for cracking hard shells of nuts, but that 
no child should abuse his teeth in this way 
by cracking hard things in his mouth. 

“It really is beyond belief, 

You would crack nuts with your teeth.” 

remarked the Twins sadly. 

The children coaxed the Twins to tell 
them a tooth brush song. So they thought 
a while, and then said, “We all will sing to 
the tune of ‘Yankee Doodle.’ ” 






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We’re Rosy-Face children every one, 

And this is what we’ll do, Sir, 

This tooth brush business is real fun, 

We’re learning something new, Sir! 

Chorus: 

Brush the teeth then every day. 

Health ideas we’re bringing, 

Morning, noon and night we say. 

You can hear us singing. 

The Rosy-Face children everywhere, 

Will learn this lesson early, 

Their teeth they always give much care, 

To keep them white and pearly. 

The Rosy-Face Twins led the children 
in a Tooth-Brush Drill. They all brought 
new tooth brushes to school, and used 
them in the Drill. They also gave the song 
another day as an entertainment, using 
imaginary tooth brushes, and singing the 





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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


chorus faster and faster. This made 
the audience laugh and the children en- 



The Twins said some people naturally 
had better teeth than others, but that we 
should all do our best to preserve our 
teeth. 

The children learned this verse, 

It matters not just how we feel, 

We’ll brush our teeth after each meal. 

We’ll brush them when we go to bed. 

And when we rise also, ’tis said, 

When we find a hole you know, 

Right to the dentist we will go, 

To be healthy we always mean, 

So we must keep our tooth brush clean, 

To be healthy little maids and men, 

We’ll brush our teeth and brush again. 





They brought toothbrushes to school and used them in the drill 


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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


The Rosy-Face Twins skipped out of 
the school room hand in hand and sang, 

“Soon we’ll tell each son and daughter, 

Some lessons about pure food and water.” 

The children asked the Twins to visit 
them again for they loved to hear the 
things the Twins told, and the children re¬ 
peated in a happy chorus, 

“We are so honest we truly mean, 

To keep our teeth shining, white and clean.” 





THE EAT AND DRINK TIMES 


“We hope that every son and daughter. 

Will eat pure food and drink pure water,” 

sang the Rosy-Face Twins next day, and 
as the teacher was absent they were al¬ 
lowed to talk to one class, and the chil¬ 
dren were happy to hear about the Eat 
and Drink Times. 


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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


George asked, “How many of you had 
coffee for breakfast?” 

He explained that it was much better 
for them to drink cocoa or milk. 

Helen said, “Do you take meat or eggs 
twice a day?” 

Some children replied that they even 
ate meat three times a day, and Helen said 
this was very bad for them. She ex¬ 
plained that we eat some foods for fuel 
and some for repair. We need both kinds 
of food, but too much repair food pro¬ 
duces poisonous substances and over¬ 
works some of organs in the effort to 
throw them off. She said, “Bread, pota¬ 
toes, some milk, and meat, and eggs, are 
good for us, but we should never over¬ 
eat.” She added, 




THE EAT AND DRINK TWINS 


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“You will remember this I beg, 

Do not overeat of meat or eggs.” 

The Rosy-Face Twins said, 

“We get food from animals, such as 
meat, eggs and milk, We get food from 
minerals such as salt, water and lime. We 
get food from plants such as vegetables, 
nuts and fruits.” 

The children said they had never 
thought much about the sources from 
which we obtain foods before. 

George said, “Fruit and vegetables are 
very good for us and some hard foods, and 
coarse bread.” 

“We should eat some bulky food each day,” 
That is what the Rosy-Face Twins say. 

Helen mentioned children who were 
always eating between meals, she said it 




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was very bad to overwork the stomach by 
eating too much at meal time, or eating 
between meals. 

She said a bag of candy or ice cream 
cone took away the appetite for a real 
meal, and if one must have sweets they 
should be taken directly after dinner. 
She said it is not well to eat sweets between: 
meals. 

The Twins next asked the children if 
we should eat the same kind of food in 
summer as in winter, and compared our 
diet with that of the Eskimo. 

As it was near lunch time one little boy 
took out an apple and began to eat it. 

George said, “You should wash or peel 
any kind of fruit before eating it, as it may 
be dusty and contain germs.” 




THE EAT AND DRINK TWINS 


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Helen quoted, 

“I wonder if you all understand, 

Before a meal to wash your hands.” 

The children took the hint and washed 
their hands before eating their lunch that 
day, but very few of them drank any 
water. 

George said, “A large part of our body is 
made of water so we should drink at least 
three pints a day. It is well to drink a glass 
of water when we get up, and at bed-time 
and a glass often between meals.” He said, 
“If we form the habit of drinking pure 
water we would soon miss it if it was not 
at hand, and so we will remember to drink 
enough.” He said, 

“If you would keep the germs away 
Use your own drinking cup today.” 




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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


Heleil was a natural little cook and she 
said, 

“This lesson I would leave with you. 

When you cook, boil, bake or stew.” 

She explained that fried foods are 
harder to digest than foods cooked in 
other ways, and that it was well for us to 

eat bread and butter with each meal. 

* * * 

The Rosy-Face Twins said, 

“Some of these rules you can repeat. 

When overheated do not eat.” 

They said if a child is overheated he 
should wait to cool off before eating, and 
that we should not sit down to eat when 
overtired. 

The children made up their own verse 
this time to remember the lesson they 
wanted to learn, and said, 




THE EAT AND DRINK TWINS 


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“Another rule we often meet 
When very tired do not eat.” 

Mary said, “Will you please tell us how 
we should eat our food?” 

George replied, “We should always re¬ 
member to eat our food slowly and chew 
it well, and never try to wash it down our 
throats with big drinks of water.” 

Helen helped the children write out a 
menu for a lunch. 

She said, 

“It matters not just how you feel, 

Try to be cheerful at each meal.” 

The Rosy-Face Twins looked in the 
children’s lunch pails and then showed 
them their neatly packed lunch. They 
had brown bread and butter sandwiches 
neatly wrapped in wax paper, two little 




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sponge cakes, two well washed apples, and 
a bar of sweet chocolate. They said this 
was a very nourishing lunch and it looked 
neat and attractive, and of course each one 
of them had their own drinking cup. 

The children enjoyed making a list of 
proper food for a school lunch. 

The Rosy Face Twins said, “Since you ask it. 
We will make rules for a school lunch basket. 
If your Health Lessons have done you good, 
You’ll not want to put in fried food. 

In waxed paper wrap your food, 

It will taste fresh then as it should, 

Air the lunch basket in the sun, 

On Saturday please, every one, 

One thing more will you please try 
Before eating wash your figs and dry, 

Nuts and fruit and something to sweeten, 

Will make your lunch set well when eaten.” 




THE EAT AND DRINK TWINS 


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Helen said, “I have seen some children 
eat when they are not hungry at all, and 
this is very foolish, and I have heard some 
children say that they did not like milk. 
We ought to drink pure milk for it is good 
for us.” 

George said, “While we should drink 
plenty of water we must be sure it is pure, 
for impure water contains germs that will 
harm us. To show impurities in water 
place some in a glass and hold it over a 
lamp and see if sediment remains in the 
bottom. Water can be filtered by use of 
paper and charcoal.” He said, “We could 
not live without water.” 

Helen said, “Let us all try to eat pure 
food and eat it in the proper manner.” 

George hummed. 




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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


“Pure food habits we will learn, 

Then Good Health we all will earn. 

Please remember this simple rhyme, 

When eating we should take our time.” 

The children asked the Rosy-Face 
Twins to help them play a game before 
school started again. 

So the Twins chose one child to be Good 
Habits, who in turn chose her children, 
and then these children in turn chose from 
the children left, the Bad Habit Children, 
who were given such names as “Fried 
Meat,” “Coffee,” and many others. They 
stood outside the circle the Good Habit 
Children formed. Good Habits herself, 
stood inside the inner circle. The Good 
Habit Children clasped hands and circled 
round, and sang to the tune of “Twinkle, 
Little Star.” 





































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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


“Pure food habits every day, 

We will form and this we say, 

To all children we will tell, 

How we learned to keep so well.” 

When Fried Meat or other of the chil¬ 
dren in the outer circle tried to break in, 
one at a time, that child would say with 
their special name, 

“I am-, may I come in 

And join your merry din?” 

Good Habits then would sing, 

“No, no, no, you cannot stay 
Good Health bids you go away.” 

The children would repeat their song 
as one at a time, the Bad Habit children 
tried to break into the inner circle, if one 
succeeded he changed places with the 
child who had let him in. 





THE EAT AND DRINK TWINS 


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By and by Good Habits said, 

“Bad Habits all away, away, 

Good Health Habits win the day.” 

The Bad Habit children then ran away 
and the others skipped two and two to 
their places, and the game was ended. 

The children liked this game and said 
it was great fun to play, so the Rosy-Face 
Twins said, 

“We hope you’ll remember what we say, 

And take pure food and water every day.” 

The children clapped their hands and 
replied, 

“Some day we’ll invite you to a Keep-Well 
Party.” 

The Rosy-Face Twins then ran merrily 
homeward. 




THE EXERCISE PARTY. 


The Rosy-Face Twins rode in their 
magic airship one day and visited many 
children in many lands. 

They saw Little Stay-At-Home, who 
never took proper exercise, and Little 
On-The-Go, who skated so much he was 
getting bow-legged. They also met Little 
Know-It-All who was hard to teach and 
Little Stubborn Boy and Little Don’t 
Care. 

When the Twins reached home they 
wrote invitations to their party and asked 
all the children whom they had met, to 
come. 


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The Keep-Well Twins rode 


in their airship one day 





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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


When the party arrived they played a 
game of dumb-bells and follow the lead¬ 
er, and the Twins went through motions 
that all the children could follow, singing, 

“A boy or girl if very wise 
Will take some proper exercise.” 

By and by the children sat down in a 
ring on the ground to rest and George 
said, “You must all practice with your 
dumb-bells to-morrow or you will feel 
lame. It is not good to take a lot of ex¬ 
ercise one day, and none the next.” 

“He exercises best you see, 

Who has some regularity.” 

Little Stay-At-Home said she was not 
used to exercise and was all out of breath. 

Little On-The-Go was ready for more 
exercise, of course. 





THE EXERCISE PARTY 


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Little Stay-At-Home 


Little Don’t Care ran a race next with 
Little Stubborn Boy and they both came 
to the goal at the same moment, but Lit¬ 
tle Don’t Care was all out of breath. 

Helen said, “We should not run hard 
enough to get all out of breath, it makes 
our heart and lungs work too hard, but 
it is splendid for us to work out-doors and 
breathe all the fresh air we can.” 




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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


All the children took deep breaths 
while the Twins counted and said, 

“Take a deep breath now and then, 

You can count way up to ten.” 

The children said this was a new kind 
of party but they enjoyed it very much. 

The Jolly Twins said, 

“We should be happy every day. 

And exercise in work and play.” 

Tommy said he filled the wood-box 
every night and brought in water, and 
Mary said as they used gas and had water 
in the house, she had none of these things 
to do, but she ran errands after school 
for mother. Susy said she carried milk 
every day, and so all the children had ex¬ 
ercise to take, they said after school. 





Little Don’t Care ran a race with Little Stubborn Boy 

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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


They next played a game of croquet 
and the Twins said, “Please do not cheat, 
it is not fair, and no fun for anyone.” 

They made a little verse out of this, 
saying, 

“Please don’t cheat, it is no fun, 

No one likes a cheater, no, not one.” 

George said, “We should be cheerful in 
a game whether we win or lose.” And 
Helen said she had heard a nice lady say, 

“I never get discouraged, it is so! 

I learned to be a good loser long ago.” 

George said, “Exercise strengthens our 
muscles and helps us develop self-control, 
and that we should take different kinds 
of exercise to develop different muscles.” 

Next came refreshments, and right 




THE EXERCISE PARTY 


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afterward some of the children wanted to 
play tag, but George said, 

“To be strong and well you will not feel 
If you exercise too soon after a meal.” 

He explained that the stomach had 
work to do and that it was not good to call 
the blood away from it too soon by ex¬ 
ercise. 

The children were very quiet while 
the Twins took turns telling this story. 

“Once upon a time there was a Grouchy 
Little Rabbit who liked to stay in the 
corner all day. 

“His mother bought him a coaster and 
his father bought him skates, but still he 
sat in the corner until one day Little Hop- 
And-Skip, a lively little Rabbit came to 
visit him. 




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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


“Hop-And-Skip rode on the coaster and 
used the skates until the Grouchy Little 
Rabbit looked out the window and saw 
it was real fun. 

“He sat on the coaster, but it ran away 
with him, and he tried on the skates but 
they threw him. 

“Then Hop-And-Skip saw what the 
matter was. The Grouchy Little Rabbit 
never smiled or seemed to enjoy his ex¬ 
ercise one bit, so he said, 

‘Smile a little if you are wise. 

And you will enjoy your exercise.’ ” 

The Grouchy Little Rabbit began to 
get good-natured and after that he and 
Hop-And-Skip had jolly fun. 

“Ha, ha,” sang the Grouchy Little Rabbit, 

To be good-natured I’ve formed the habit.” 




THE EXERCISE PARTY 


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He was so happy and grew so well and 
strong with proper exercise, that all the 
Rabbits learned from him the value of 
exercise.” 

The children asked to hear more health 
stories, but the time had come for them to 
go home. They rode to their homes with 
the Twins in their magic air ship, and 
said in a sing-song kind of way, 




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“Every one now if he tries, 

Can take the proper exercise, 

Regular exercise it’s true, is very good for me 
and you. 

You’ll take deep breaths if you are wise, 

When you begin to exercise, 

Come exercise in work and play. 

And learn some new thing every day, 

Good Health Rules we are repeating, 

Don’t exercise right after eating, 

Good Health is something no one buys, 

Be happy when you exercise.” 





“Did you fold your clothes up neatly?” 

THE TICK TOCK SONG 

Early to bed, early to bed, 

That is what the old clock said. 

Hurry sisters, hurry brothers, 

Bed time for us and for others, 

To undress we’ll not be long, 

“Early to bed,” is the old clock’s song. 

The Rosy-Face Twins said, 

“The Old clock can tell this story best, 
It deals with early hours and rest.” 


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The Cuckoo came out of the clock and 
cried, 

“Oh no, such a thing would never do, 

You teach the children, cuckoo, cuckoo.” 

So George took Little Willful Willie by 
one hand and Helen took Little Miss 
Teaser by the other, and hurried the chil¬ 
dren up-stairs almost before they knew 
it, saying, 

“Says each restless little finger, 

In undressing please don’t linger.” 

“Do our fingers really talk to us?” 
asked the children in surprise. 

The Rosy-Face Twins answered, “Of 
course they do if we will only listen. 
Hear your thumb and forefinger say, 

“Brush your teeth to keep them white, 

Before you really say “good night.” 














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Then the Twins whispered softly, 

“Fold your hands when prayers are said, 
Before you’re ready quite for bed.” 

Helen asked, 

“Did you fold your clothes up neatly? 

Did you brush your hair completely?” 

At last the children were ready for bed 
and the Twins opened the bed-room win¬ 
dow and turned out the light. 

They said, “We should all keep early 
hours, for sleep restores the tired body 
better than anything else, and everybody 
and everything needs rest. Even machin¬ 
ery needs rest and repair. 

“If we have plenty of sleep we wake up 
happy and rested and ready for the day’s 
work before us.” 

Many children need a little rest in the 




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61 


day as well as at night. Ten minutes spent 
lying down on a sofa at noon will often 
refresh a person. They said they often 
heard children say: 

“Do we have to go to bed at eight? 

A little longer up let us wait.” 

George said, “It is very foolish to ask 
to stay up at night for our parents know 
better than we do how much sleep we 
need.” 

Helen said, “No sensible boy or girl 
should be afraid to go to bed alone. The 
moon and stars are shining in the sky as 
company for us.” She added, 

“Early hours, early hours, 

Soon will strengthen all our powers, 

We’ll never grow up strong and bright, 

If we read too late at night.” 

George remarked, “One reason I am so 




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strong and well is that I always go to bed 
early, and I never read in bed for I am 
too careful of my eyes.” 

Helen said, “I often put myself to bed 
humming this song; 

“Early hours, sings my clock, 

Tick, tock, tick, tock, 

Carry the message round the block, 

Tick, tock, tick, tock; 

Said the Wind, “I like your sleepy song, 

So I will carry your message on, 

Here come the children, a sleepy throng. 

Tick, tock, tick, tock.” 

Willful Willie made up his mind he 
would not go to sleep but he began to 
think of the sleepy little birds and ani¬ 
mals all the world over, and soon he was 
off to the land of nod. The old clock 
murmured, 




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63 


‘‘Little Miss Teaser, 

Nothing can please her.” 

For once the old clock was mistaken, 
for she had taken Helen’s advice and was 
fast asleep. 

Children all over the world said, 

“Early to bed, early to bed, 

That is what the Rosy-Face Twins said, 

Go to sleep with the birds and flowers, 

Keep early hours, keep early hours.” 

The Twins also hurried off to bed for 
the Family Clock struck eight and re¬ 
marked, 

“You must practice what you teach, 

If the heart of a child you’d reach, 

Don’t you hear the Sandman knock? 

Tick, tock, tick, tock.” 





FRESH AIR GAMES. 

The Rosy-Face Twins said, “Have a care, 
Breathe in plenty of fresh air.” 

They talked to children all over the 
world and everywhere they went chil¬ 
dren loved them, and were glad to hear 
the little Health Stories from them. 


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Tilly and Ted, two little neighbor chil¬ 
dren clapped their hands when they saw 
the Twins coming. 

The Rosy-Face Twins said, “We are go¬ 
ing to talk to you about Fresh Air. We 
all need Fresh Air to breathe, animals and 
plants need it too.” 

Ted looked thoughtful and said, “Fire 
needs air too, to make it burn.” To prove 
this he lighted a candle and put it under 
a glass jar and the candle went out for 
want of air. 

Tillie said, “I have learned too that 
air moves.” She held a paper over the 
hot-air register, and she said, “I know 
too, that hot air rises.” 

The Twins said, “You are well-read 




FRESH AIR GAMES 


67 


children, and now do you know that air 
should be kept in motion and that we feel 
sleepy and stupid when we breathe close, 
bad air?” 

Tillie said that the air was very close 
in the moving picture show, and Ted said 
it was close in his room in the morning 
when he forgot to leave the window open 
at night. 

Said the Rosy-Face Twins, “We are glad you’ve 
spoken, 

All children should leave their windows open. 
Remember at night when you go to bed, 

This thing the Rosy-Face Twins have said.” 

Just then Tillie sneezed, for she had a 
cold, and she did not use her handker¬ 
chief. 




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The Twins reminded her that any one 
with a cold or cough should sneeze or 
cough into a handkerchief, so as not to 
scatter the germs and give any one else 
a cold. 

Helen said, 

“It is almost beyond belief, 

How careless you are with your handkerchief.” 

George said, “Many children throw 
their handkerchiefs down and get them 
all covered with dust and then use them. 
Other children are not careful always to 
use a clean handkerchief.” 

Helen said, 

“You are bright children I suppose, 

You always breathe air through your nose.” 

Ted laughed at that, for he had a care- 




FRESH AIR GAMES 


69 


less habit of breathing through the 
mouth. 

The Rosy-Face Twins said, 

“We remember in work and play, 

To take deep breaths every day.” 

The children stopped and drew in deep 
breaths of fresh air. As it began to storm 
they went inside to play. 

The Rosy-Face Twins said, 

“Before we play we’d better stop, 

And open a window from the top.” 

They explained that bad air rises and 
is ready to escape, and that pure air comes 
in to take its place. 

The Rosy-Face Twins said if they ever 
caught cold they remained out doors as 
much as possible and breathed deeply of 




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To read the thermometer near the ceiling 

fresh air. In this way they soon broke a 
cold up. They said they slept out on a 
porch all the year round and added, 

“We carry this message everywhere, 

Every child must breathe fresh air.” 

Ted and Tillie learned how to read the 








FRESH AIR GAMES 


71 



thermometer and they held it on the floor 
and near the ceiling to see where the air 
was hottest. They tried other experi¬ 
ments with air. They breathed into lime 
water, and held a candle above and below 
a window to see how the flame would 
turn. If you want to know what hap¬ 
pened you can try these things for your- 





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The Twins went out for a minute and 
returned with four red balloons. They 
explained that they were filled with air 
and that the children must be careful not 
to make a hole in them. 

They had fun sailing them around the 
room. 

Ted and Tillie were thoughtful chil¬ 
dren and after the Twins bade them good 
bye they wrote down a few things to re¬ 
mind them about forming the habit of 
breathing plenty of fresh air. 

They wrote, 

66 It will not make much commotion 
If we keep the air in motion, 

Open the window from the top, 

So with us bad air will not stop, 




FRESH AIR GAMES 


73 


Hot air rises as you know 
Out of a window it will go, 

Some games we should always play. 

Out in the open air each day, 

Your mouth you can tightly close, 

And breathe deeply through the nose, 

To others it will bring relief, 

If you’re careful with your handkerchief. 
This motto we’ll carry everywhere, 

We need fresh air, we need fresh air. 

If we form good habits it is true, 

Right things unconsciously we’ll do.” 


The Rosy-Face Twins were happy when 
they arrived home, and they tried many 
experiments to show the value of fresh 


air. 





Bought a bouquet of flowers 


SAFETY FIRST MOTTOES. 

“Good Health to-day good health to-morrow, 
Good Health will save us from much sorrow.” 

sang the Rosy-Face Twins one mor nin g. 

They went to the green-house and 
bought a bunch of flowers to take to 
Heedless Henry who had been knocked 
down on the street by an automobile, be¬ 
cause he had not looked to see if one was 
coming before he crossed the street. 


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SAFETY FIRST MOTTOES 


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Heedless Henry was so pleased to see 
the Twins that he said, “Do please stay 
and play a game with me.” 

The Twins said they had promised to 
take Willful Willie and Dotty Dreamer to 
the park, so they soon had to go, but they 
taught him this verse before they left. 

“Some useful things we will repeat, 

Be careful when you cross the street.” 

They said, “No matter how much of a 
hurry we are in, we should always take 
time to look up and down the street, to 
see what is coming, before we attempt to 
cross.” George added, 

“No matter how full of life you feel. 

Never run in front of an automobile. 

George said a child might slip and fall. 




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and it annoyed a driver to see a child take 
such risks. 

The Twins went on to the house of 
Willful Willie and Dotty Dreamer and 
the children were glad to go with them to 
the park. The Twins noticed how Will¬ 
ful Willie shuffled along and they said, 

‘‘Safety First upon the street, 

Please be careful—lift your feet.” 

Willful Willie said he wanted to run 
and hang onto an ice wagon, but George 
said, 

“Safety First—I will repeat 
Don’t hang on wagons on the street.” 

“Why not?” Asked Willful Willie, and 
Helen said, “So many children get hurt 
while hanging on wagons and hitching on 
bobs, it is not a safe thing to do.” 




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77 


Some children were playing ball they 
noticed in the street. Every once in a 
while they had to stop to let something 
pass, and George remarked, smiling at the 
children, 

“I hope children when next we meet, 

I’ll not find you playing in the street.” 

Willful Willie said, “It is fun to play in 
the street!” George answered, 

“Safety First—as like as not, j 

You can play ball in a vacant lot.” 

Dotty Dreamer did not look where she 
was walking and ran into a stranger. She 
was much confused and Helen said, 

“Saftey First—by day or night, 

On the street, pass to the right.” 

She said we should be watchful when 
we are on the street and should mind our 





SAFETY FIRST MOTTOES 



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own affairs and look out where we are 
going. 

Willful Willie asked, “Are there any 
other things we should do when thinking 
of Safety First.” 

George said, 

“Safety First—here’s a good sign, hark! 

Don’t go on the street after dark.” 

Helen said, 

“From contagious diseases keep away. 

If Safety First, should win the day.” 

Dotty Dreamer said, “You mean if any 
of our playmates have mumps or measles, 
we should stay away from them, so as not 
to get it ourselves, or spread the disease 
by carrying it to others.” 

Willful Willie to the surprise of all, 
said, “I can talk in verse too on this sub¬ 
ject.” He continued. 




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“For Safety First, it is a good plan, 

To keep scraps in a garbage can.” 

Dotty Dreamer thought a long time, 
and then she said, 

“Safety First—if we are wise, 

We will help destroy the flies.” 

The Rosy-Face Twins said that was 
good advice as flies spread disease by 
carrying germs. 

The children had a good time in the 
park and when they reached home each 
one made a banner to pin on the wall. On 
each banner they wrote the words “Safe¬ 
ty First.” 

The Twins said, 

“The reason that we keep so well, 

Is a good thing we really like to tell, 

Good Health rules we try to learn, 

And help others in our turn.” 




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81 


Dotty Dreamer could sing a little and 
Willful Willie could write verses so, after 
the Twins had left them they wrote a lit¬ 
tle song which they called “Safety First.” 
They sang it to the tune of “Coming 
Thro The Rye.” 

Little children when they’re walking 
Up and down the street, 

Should observe, though they are talking. 
Everything they meet, 

Safety First is a good motto, 

We will not annoy, 

For Safety First in Good Health Village 
Stand each girl and boy. 

They telephoned the Rosy-Face Twins 
and said, “What stories will you tell us 
to-morrow?” 

The Twins replied, 




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“Fighting germs we go up and down, 

For we come from Spotless Town.” 

The children said, “It will be interest¬ 
ing to study about germs we are sure.” 
They went up to bed singing, 

“Safety First, Safety First, 

How much there is to learn. 

Safety First, Safety First, 

A good night’s rest we earn.” 







THE GERMS GO AWAY. 


Dr. Pill was very busy riding behind 
his old gray mare. He was helping the 
people fight germs in Ignorance Town. 

Doctor Powder was hurrying along in 
his car to take care of Little Don’t Care, 
who had been drinking impure water. 

Doctor Sunshine and Doctor Fresh Air 
were helping Little Teaser back to health, 
and Heedless Henry said, “It is time the 
Rosy-Face Twins should come and help 
us fight the germs.” 

The Rosy-Face Twins were very glad to 
tell the children all they knew about 
fighting germs. 


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ROSY-FACE TWINS 


They said, “To be healthy we know you mean, 
To fight the germs we must keep clean, 

Of course you will keep clean yourself, 

Clean also the kitchen and pantry shelf, 
Cleanliness inside and out, 

Will help put the germs to rout.” 

Doctor Sunshine and Doctor Fresh Air 
smiled at the Twins and said, “You are 
such cheerful, willing workers we know 
that children everywhere love you.” 

Doctor Pill and Doctor Powder did not 
even get within speaking distance of the 
Twins, for they observed the rules of 
health so thoroughly that they were al¬ 
ways well. 

George said, “We feel we cannot say 
too much about the tooth brush being 
used, and being kept clean.” 

Helen added, 




THE GERMS GO AWAY 


85 


“Sun the tooth brush every day, 

’Twill help to keep the germs away.” 

The Twins visited one house that had 
no screens in the windows, and as the 
family were too poor to have screens they 
helped them tack netting over the win¬ 
dows, and taught them that flies go into 
such dirty places we should never let 
them get on our food. They added, 

“We’ll kill the flies at every turn, 

For they carry germs we learn.” 

The Twins said that germs did not live 
long if we kept everything clean, and let 
in plenty of sunshine and fresh air. Then 
they said we should also remember to 
drink pure water and eat good pure food. 
They said germs were fond of getting into 




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food that was the least bit spoiled, or into 
impure water. 

They said, 

“Pure water and food, pure water and food. 

We will eat and drink only what is good.” 

The Twins found Dotty Dreamer and 
















THE GERMS GO AWAY 


87 


Willful Willie busy for once at home, 
and they were surprised to see them 
sweeping a room. 

Many children like to work but do not 
understand how to go about it. Dotty 
Dreamer raised a cloud of dust as she 
swept, and Willful Willie had every win¬ 
dow closed. 

The Twins opened the windows and 
showed the children how to brush gently 
and use a carpet sweeper. 

They said we should try not to let the 
dust rise. 

They said dust contains so many germs 
we should try not to breathe any more of 
it than we can help, and when we have 
been in a dusty place we should wash the 
dust out of our noses. 




88 ROSY-FACE TWINS 



Dotty Dreamer raised clouds of dust as she swept 


We should be careful at all times to 
breathe through our noses and not keep 
our mouths open, for our noses were 
made to breathe through, and to cleanse 
the air before it reaches our lungs. 

The Rosy-Face Twins helped the chil¬ 
dren dust the room and put it in order. 







THE GERMS GO AWAY 


89 


They said it helped make us healthy to 
exercise every day and added, 

“To fight the germs if you are wise, 

You will take proper exercise.” 

The Twins continued, 

“Some children, now alas, 

Use the same old drinking glass.” 

They said we could not be too careful 
about having a glass clean and for the use 
of one person only. 

The Twins saw a soiled roller towel 
in one kitchen and said, 

“Some Good Health lessons we all can glean, 

We hope you’ll keep your towels clean.” 

Heedless Harry wanted to visit a friend 
who had measles but the Twins said, 

“From contagious diseases keep away, 

Or else the germs will win the day.” 




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The Twins opened the windows and showed the children how to use a 
carpet sweeper 


All the children became much inter¬ 
ested in fighting germs and made a book¬ 
let entitled, “Fighting the Germs.” In it 
they wrote, 






























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91 


66 We’ll fight the germs and you’ll see 
A happy, healthy community. 

Cleanliness shall our motto be. 

For germs all like impurity, 

Then with sunshine and fresh air. 

We’ll conquer bad germs everywhere. 

With exercise if he is wise, 

One can resist germs if he tries. 

By taking deep breaths every day. 

We can scare a cold away, 

We have learned much and this we say. 

We will fight germs every day, 

If you’ll observe these things my dear, 

The disease germs you need not fear. 

Every happy child now sings, 

Good Health Habit—Good Health brings.” 
The Rosy-Face Twins from Good Health Town, 
Are singing merrily. 

The Twins from Good Health Town, 

Formed habits good you see. 

The Twins had formed cheerful habits 




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long ago, so they naturally woke up pleas¬ 
ant and tried to teach all the children 
around them to be cheerful and happy. 

This day the children sat down in a 
circle on the floor and the Twins sat 
down inside the circle and took turns 
speaking. 

George said, “I want to talk about 
forming Health Habits. We can all form 
a good habit by doing a thing at a regular 
time over and over, and it is just as easy 
to form a good habit as a bad one. If we 
never form any bad habits we will never 
have to break them. It is very difficult 
to break a habit once formed. 

* * * 

Helen said, 

“Listen well if you would hear, 

We’ll form the habit of good cheer.’* 




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93 


She said it was a healthy thing to be 
cheerful and it was well for us to be with 
happy people as much as possible. 

Good cheer has an effect like sunshine. 

i * * * 

George said, “We can form habits of 
mind as well as habits of body.” He said, 

66 We should form habits you all agree 
Let’s form the habit of courtesy, 

Thrift and the habit of good cheer, 

Are habits we should form this year, 

We’ll be thoughtful on the whole. 

With self-improvement and self-control.” 

* * * 

Helen said to the children, “What 
Health Habits can you think of, to 
form?” 

They replied, “Early Hours,” “Regular 
Food,” “Proper Exercise” and “Rest.” 





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95 


“Plenty of Fresh Air,” “Cleanliness of 
Body and Mind.” 

The children asked the Twins to 
make up some jingles so they could better 
remember the Little Stories, so they 
said, 

“Cleanliness of body and mind. 

Is a good habit you will find, 

Underclothes let’s change each week, 

To be healthy we all seek.” 

* * * 

George told about one little boy who 
was so in the habit of bathing on Sat¬ 
urday night, that he did not think it 
right to bathe in the tub any other time. 
George remarked, however, that it was 
a good thing to have a regular time to 
take a tub bath. 




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Helen said, “We are less apt to forget 
to brush our teeth if we have a regular 
time to do it, and we should form the 
habit of washing the hair frequently.” 

The Twins both told about eating 
regularly at the same hours each day. 
They said we should not overeat or eat 
when we are not hungry, or eat when 
we are very tired or overheated. We 
should eat at regular times and eat 
slowly enough, chewing our food thor¬ 
oughly. They said, 

“To form this habit is very good. 

Eat regularly of simple food.” 

* * * 

George said we should form habits of 
regular exercise and be careful not to 
run and jump too soon after eating. He 




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97 


said we ought to take different kinds of 
exercise in the fresh air as often as pos¬ 
sible, and so form the habit of being out 
doors a great part of the time. 

He said, 

“To form the Health Habit is very wise, 

Be sure to take proper exercise.” 

* * * 

Helen said, “I hope you all formed 
the habit long ago of leaving your bed¬ 
room window open at night so plenty of 
fresh air will get into your room. I hope 
also you go to bed early so as to get plenty 
of sleep.” 

She said, 

“Go to bed at an early hour, 

To form Health Habits is in your power.” 

She continued, “Children should early 
form the habit of keeping the hands 




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clean, and we should never put pencils 
or money or any such things in the 
mouth.” 

She said, “We should early form the 
habit of standing erect, with shoulders 
back and not ever get into careless habits 
of walking, standing, or sitting.” 

* * * 

George said that some children had the 
habit of speaking so low and indistinctly 
that it was difficult to understand them. 

He said, “We can all form the habit of 
speaking distinctly.” He said, 

“This habit we need to form that’s clear. 

Speak up well, so all can hear.” 

Helen remarked, 

“One last word I want to say. 

Please form the habit of fair-play.” 




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99 


George said, 

“There’s one habit that makes me want to sing. 
Please take an interest in EVERYTHING!” 

Helen then continued, 

“Little sister, little brother, 

Please bring happiness to another.” 

She said, “It is wonderful how well 
and happy you will feel, if you forget 
yourself and bring happiness to some 
one else by some little habits of courtesy 
or kindness.” 

* * * 

George said, “We should all take the 
best possible care of these wonderful 
bodies that are given us. He also said 
that many children never think of being 
careful of their eyes. 




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He said, “It is never well to sit facing 
a bright light or to try to read in the twi¬ 
light or lying down. He said, “Our eyes 
are faithful servants and it is a good 
habit to close them once in a while, so 
they may have a little rest from what¬ 
ever we are doing.” He said, 

“We’ll form the habit if we are wise, 

To take good care of our precious eyes,” 

This group of children asked the 
Rosy Face Twins to stay, but they said 
they would come the next day with a 
wonderful grab-bag, they waved good¬ 
bye saying, 

“Good Health Habits, Good Health Habits, 
Form in work or play, 

Good Health Habits, Good Health Habits, 
Come to win the day.” 




THE SLOGAN PARTY 


The Twins talked to children all over 
the world. 

Said the Rosy-Face Twins, “Don’t be a boaster, 
But help us make a Good Health Poster.” 

They had been working for days and 
days together on something mysterious 
to be put in the grab-bag for the chil¬ 
dren to enjoy. They had put in a sash 
for each child to wear and each sash had 
a good health remark upon it. These re¬ 
marks were called 44 Good Health Slo¬ 
gans.” 

Of course the children were very eager 
to have the hour come when they could 
take turns at the grab-bag. 


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ROSY-FACE TWINS 



They had been working for days and days together on something mysterious 


The Twins saw that each package had 
a bright colored ribbon attached to it, 
and then the children began to arrive. 

In came Mary and Little Ann and 
Little Heedless Henry and Willful Willie, 
and Dotty Dreamer and all the rest. 

The first thing the children saw in 
front of them was a sign, “THE HEALTH 
WAY IS THE WEALTH WAY.” 




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103 


They followed until they came into 
the room where the grab-bag was. Each 
child had his turn grabbing until he had 
received his sash with the good health 
slogan upon it, and then they began to 
grab all over again. 

Dotty Dreamer pulled a red streamer, 
out of the grab-bag came a neatly framed 
little motto, “Pure milk each day keeps 
sickness away.” 

Then the most surprising thing hap¬ 
pened! 

The Twins had on their magic shoes, 
and when they wore them they could 
run fast or they could make magic wishes, 
so, in the twinkling of an eye they wished 
for milk for all the campany, and each 
child received a glass of milk. The 




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glasses all had little gilt rims on them, 
and the children were allowed to keep 
them to take home. 

Heedless Henry next drew a blue rib¬ 
bon and out came a banner with the 
words upon it, “An apple a day keeps 
ill-health away.” Every child received an 
apple rosy red. They slipped the apples 
in their pockets to take home. 

Little Miss Teaser pulled out a yellow 
and green ribbon at the same time, and 
out came a tiny booklet. On the first 
page it said, 

“What do you think? what do you think? 

Take plenty of food and plenty of drink.” 

Then the children had a fine, healthy 
repast. 

Willful Willie wanted to hurry back 




THE SLOGAN PARTY 


105 


to the grab-bag and he drew a purple 
ribbon and out came a card saying, 

“Good Cheer is the cure for fear.” 

The children all laughed and the Twins 
said that Willful Willie might draw again. 
This time he drew a pink ribbon and out 
came a spinning top. 

On the spinning top was written, “He 
who is wise takes exercise.” 

They wound up the top and it began to 
spin, humming a little song. 

Little Don’t Care drew a green ribbon 
and out came a tiny tub, on which was 
written, “The Clean Way Is The Health 
Way.” The children put water in the 
tub and floated paper boats. 

Then the Twins drew together from 
the grab-bag and out came the picture 




And it began to spin, humming a little song 


106 





THE SLOGAN PARTY 


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of an airship on which was written, “Free 
Everywhere—Fine Fresh Air.” 

They all ran a race around the house, 
then each child was given a banner with 
a Good Health Slogan upon it, and they 
decided they would form a Good Health 
Crusade, and march round the world to 
tell all the other boys and girls what they 
had learned in such a pleasant manner. 

[They sang a new Good Health Song 
to the tune of “Tramp, tramp, tramp, 
the Boys are Marching,” and the words 
were so catchy that everyone learned the 
song quickly, and any child can learn it 
too, if they try. 




GOOD HEALTH SONG. 


We will form a Health Crusade, 

As we’re marching up and down, 

And we wave our Good Health Posters bright 
and gay, 

And we sing our songs to you, 

As we go to Good Health Town, 

Happy children, healthy children all the way. 
Chorus. 

Hark! hark! hark! of health we’re singing, 

Of no germs we are afraid, 

You can hear our voices ring, 

As our Good Health Songs we sing, 

For we’re marching in our own Good Health 
Crusade. 

The children all sang, 

“Hurrah, for the Twins who keep so well. 

And the many useful things they tell. 

And so with Good Health Banners unfurled. 
We’ll march around the wide, wide world.” 


108 


GOOD HEALTH SONG 


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The Twins had on their magic shoes 
so they marched away ahead of the other 
children, but we may meet them some 
day and hear them sing. 

The Rosy-Face Twins from Good Health Town, 
Wish to say, “How do you do?” 

We like to tell little stories new. 

If you will look within this book, 

One thing is very true, 

The Twins both say in voices gay, 

Good Health we bring to you.” 


FINIS 





author op The Charm TUinS:. 
“TUe L ively Twins. V happy Mannikin 
The Tiddly V/inks Bqqks etc. 



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Pictures by 

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